Frontier Magic Pharmacist

Chapter 75 – What Happened at the Library

According to Chloe, this library has books collected not only from this country but also from other countries. Some of them are books written by unknown civilizations. Since we don’t know what these books contain, they are forbidden.

“Forbidden books… I kind of admire them.”

“What is it about books you can’t read that you admire so much? Hidden passages are much more interesting.”

“…… Chloe, you didn’t happen to use the hidden passageway to get out of the castle without telling anyone, did you?”

Chloe refuses to make eye contact. I have a feeling she’s already done this!　I’ll have to tip off Her Royal Highness immediately.

“Well, do you want to go to the place where the forbidden books are kept?”

“What?　Is that okay?”

“Well, it’ll probably be fine.”

Chloe took us to the back of the library.

I’ll put the snitching on hold for the time being.

We saw a no-trespassing rope. Chloe enters without paying attention to it. How should I put it, isn’t the security too Lax?　I felt that anyone could enter.

As soon as I followed Chloe into the room,  a person who seemed to be a librarian flew in.

“Hey, you can’t go in there!”

It seems that there is a magical tool somewhere that acts as a sensor. Otherwise, they would not have been able to find out so quickly. I’m sorry for thinking that the security was so lax!

“Oh, I was just showing them around.”

“Chloe-sama! You can’t do that. This place is off-limits.”

The librarian, even though she was royalty, was not taking a step back. She must be faithful to her duties. I looked at the covers of the books, at least, and found that I could read the titles of all the books.

“There seems to be a book on magic potions. I’m a little curious.”

“Brother, do you have any books on magical tools?”

“Hmmm, it’s not on magic tools, but it looks like there’s a book on how machines work.”

Why do they have a book about machines? What in the world does it say?

“Machines, is it?”

“Yes. Maybe, but I think it’s something similar to a magic tool.”

“Hey, Julius, is there a book on summoning magic or something?”

“ a book on summoning magic ……? There is a book called “Summoning Magic for Everyone: A Beginner’s Guide. I’d like to read it.”

Summoning magic, huh? There was no such thing in the game. Is it like a pet?　Or is it something that fights for you?

“grab that book, Julius!”

“No, I won’t! Or maybe you can read the book here!”

The librarian was surprised. Come to think of it, she said there are unknown books that no one can read. Is it because I am a reincarnated person that I can read them?

“I think I can read it, but I don’t think I should. I’d better not.”

“Why not, Julius? What a waste. I wanted a familiar. ……”

“It’s better to keep it just a story, Chloe-sama.”

The unconvinced Chloe is pouting. She doesn’t look very much like a princess at all. She is just an eight year old.

The librarian saw us off and kicked us out the forbidden bookshelf section.

“Oh, God!　Why are you so mean!”

“Even if you say that, We can’t cause trouble in the castle, right? If We do that, we’ll be banned.”

“I won’t let you do that!”

We were kicked out, and as we were fussing in front of the children’s bookcase, a voice called out to us.

“What are you guys making a fuss about?”

“Mother! What are you doing here?”

Oof, here comes Her Royal Highness. Chloe, who had just been shrieking like a newly protected cat, suddenly became quiet. I see, so she is wearing a cat’s mask in front of Her Highness the Queen.

“I heard that you were making a fuss, Chloe.”

Her Royal Highness smiles at me. I’m scared. Ah, Chloe is shrinking. She seems to know what’s going on. It seems that someone is secretly watching Chloe. Is that so? A royal can’t be wandering around by herself, can she?

“I’m sorry, Julius-kun. She seems to be happy and I think she’s  a little excited. Chloe is not usually like this, you know?

“Mother!”

Chloe shouted accusingly. I see, I’m always so tight that when I don’t have to be so uptight, the repercussions of that come out. I wonder if that means that I have become close to Chloe.

If that helps Chloe relieve her stress, then I don’t mind.

“No, I don’t mind. More importantly, I’m sorry for making a fuss.”

“It’s fine. Julius-kun, you don’t  need to apologize. Chloe, you mustn’t tell Julius-kun too many strange things. Things like the secret passageway in the royal castle.”

The last part was a whisper. Chloe shrank. Apparently, she already knew about it without me having to report it. I guess this would be okay. Maybe she also knows about the fact that I gave Chloe the panacea.

Seeing that they didn’t say anything here, it seems that they are keeping it a secret.

After that, I left the library in a huff. With Chloe in tow, I managed to get to the salon where no one was around. A servant appeared out of nowhere and brought tea and sweets.

“The library was amazing. If I had more time, I would have liked to take a longer look. It was a pity there weren’t more books on magic potions.”

“There weren’t many books on magical tools either.”

“I’m sure they’re both kept secret. I know, right, Chloe?”

“……”

Oh, no. She was in shock, apparently. Maybe she is afraid of getting scolded afterwards. Well, it’s  good medicine.

It’s almost lunch time. It’s just in time, so I’ll just relax here for now.

“Chloe-sama, Miss Carolina is here to see you.”

“Huh? Carol?”

Why is Marquis Mulan’s daughter Carol here?

“Yes, yes. We’re supposed to show Julius around this afternoon together.”

I didn’t know. So Caro was coming to the royal capital too? Maybe they decided to meet together, I don’t know. At this time of the day, we would be having lunch together. It looks like it will be a lively lunch.

I hope Chloe’s mood will be better.